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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Summers house after Ruby's death?
(a) A deep silence descends.
(b) Opal comes back to live there.
(c) Zorrie moves in.
(d) It is sold.

2. What does Zorrie's conversation with Noah about church make her wonder about herself?
(a) Whether she would ever become a nun.
(b) How her own attitudes towards church were changing.
(c) If she had read enough of the Bible to really understand it.
(d) If Reverend Carter liked her or not.

3. What does Hank tell Zorrie about Noah and Opal that shocks her?
(a) They had children once.
(b) Opal was married before Noah.
(c) Noah was married before Opal.
(d) They are not married.

4. What does Noah do after Virgil dies?
(a) Burns the trees in the field.
(b) Goes fishing all day.
(c) Confines himself to his room for a while.
(d) Cooks for the funeral.

5. What does Zorrie tell Opal that Harold used to say she was as smart as?
(a) A fox.
(b) A school principal.
(c) A priest.
(d) A dolphin.

6. Who tells Zorrie about a nearby blueberry farm?
(a) Lester.
(b) Noah.
(c) Emily.
(d) Ruby.

7. What does Zorrie start doing regularly in Part IV?
(a) Taking dinner to Noah's and eating with him.
(b) Adopting dogs.
(c) Visiting Opal.
(d) Singing.

8. Who does Zorrie tell Opal helps run her farm now?
(a) Henry.
(b) Lester.
(c) Noah.
(d) Ruby.

9. What does Zorrie bring to Ruby as a gift in Part IV?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) A bunch of flowers.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Nice yarn.

10. Why does Zorrie have to slaughter her pigs?
(a) Swine virus.
(b) They are too expensive.
(c) She needs them for food in the famine.
(d) They become aggressive.

11. What does Marie tell Zorrie about her memories of Zorrie in Part III?
(a) She does not have many memories of Zorrie.
(b) They were happy.
(c) They were angry.
(d) They were sad.

12. What is one really happy memory Zorrie has of her own childhood?
(a) Laying under the Christmas tree with her aunt.
(b) Buying presents for birthdays.
(c) Playing cards with her father.
(d) Going shopping with her mother.

13. What does Zorrie try to get the smoke taste out of her mouth?
(a) Juice.
(b) Listerine.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Water.

14. Who dies from Zorrie's past in Part III?
(a) Riley.
(b) Helen.
(c) Janie.
(d) Mr. Thomas.

15. What happens to Marie in Part IV?
(a) She moves in with Zorrie.
(b) She has a heart attack.
(c) She gets ill with cancer.
(d) She gets remarried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Opal tell Zorrie she thinks she might be too in Part IV?

2. Who does Hank insinuate that he thinks Zorrie might have feelings for?

3. What does Marie tell Zorrie about the Radium in Part III?

4. What does Zorrie buy new for herself in Part III?

5. How does Candy Wilson refer to Zorrie's generosity with her produce from the farm?

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